SO the EU want to impose migrant quotas on us as people flee the various troubles around Africa and the Middle East.

Why should we take these people in? What if a billion of them decide to come over and live among us? What do we do when we are totally overrun?

We can’t even get the ones that are already here in Europe to integrate or live in tolerance. Why can these countries not sort themselves out?

We throw billions of pounds and Euros at them and yet every year we are told they need more.

I know people will blame the West for slavery, colonialism, starting wars etc but that can’t be the cause of everything.

Europe went through our “Dark Ages” a few hundred years ago and then look how we grew and evolved.

I look at it this way: if I had an allotment for 20 years and never planted it, weeded it or looked after it in any way, it would be my fault nothing grew. If my neighbour had an allotment and had worked hard for 20 years and grew lots of things it would be all due to his effort. He would deserve everything that grew. Would it be acceptable for me to then walk over and claim a share of his allotment and food despite the fact I’d never lifted a finger?

That’s exactly what these so called “refugees” want to do with Europe.

You can only fit so many people into a lifeboat before it sinks. And with migrant quotas we are setting ourselves up to be the world’s biggest lifeboat.

ROGER LACK North Swindon